The Philippine finance minister deserves credit for tax reform and infrastructure spending. The main point against him is the man he works for: firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte.

While many of the ministers discussed so far in our Finance Minister of the Year study owe their ranks to the fact they were not quite as bad as those lower down the list, today's entry can point to tangible achievements. In fact he may rank higher than the bronze medal spot it he kept better company ...